Georgia · House Bill 786 · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Dodge County Building and Public Facilities Authority Act; enact

  1. Introduced Mar 18, 2025
  2. In committee Mar 20, 2025
  3. Passed the House Mar 27, 2025
  4. Passed the Senate Apr 2, 2025
  5. To the governor Apr 7, 2025
  6. Became law May 13, 2025

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

A BILL to be entitled an Act to create the Dodge County Building and Public Facilities Authority; to provide that such authority is a body corporate and politic and an instrumentality of the State of Georgia; to authorize the adoption of resolutions and the execution of trust indentures to secure the payment of such bonds and to define the rights of the holders of such bonds; to provide for a sinking fund; to…

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A BILL to be entitled an Act to create the Dodge County Building and Public Facilities Authority; to provide that such authority is a body corporate and politic and an instrumentality of the State of Georgia; to authorize the adoption of resolutions and the execution of trust indentures to secure the payment of such bonds and to define the rights of the holders of such bonds; to provide for a sinking fund; to provide that the property of the authority shall not be subject to levy and sale; to provide that certain moneys are trust funds; to provide that this Act shall be liberally construed; to define the scope of the authority's operation; to provide for disposition of property upon authority dissolution; to provide for severability; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Every action

12 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

  1. HouseHouse Hopper
  2. CommitteeHouse First Readers · House Intragovernmental Coordination
  3. HouseHouse Second Readers
  4. CommitteeHouse Committee Favorably Reported · House Intragovernmental Coordination
  5. HouseHouse Third Readers
  6. HouseHouse Passed/Adopted
  7. CommitteeSenate Read and Referred · Senate State and Local Governmental Operations
  8. CommitteeSenate Committee Favorably Reported · Senate State and Local Governmental Operations
  9. SenateSenate Passed/Adopted
  10. HouseHouse Sent to Governor
  11. GovernorHouse Date Signed by Governor
  12. GovernorAct 227

Roll calls

2 recorded votes: 2 on the floor, 0 in committee. Each shows how every member voted.

Local Calendar (House Vote #317) · Full House

Passed 164–0
Mar 27, 2025 · journal entry
Yes 164 No 0 Not voting 16
Democrats: 71 yes, 0 no Republicans: 93 yes, 0 no
How each member voted

Yes · 164

Not voting · 12

Excused · 4

LOCAL CONSENT CALENDAR (Senate Vote #381) · Full Senate

Passed 51–0
Apr 2, 2025 · journal entry
Yes 51 No 0 Not voting 5
Democrats: 23 yes, 0 no Republicans: 28 yes, 0 no
How each member voted

Yes · 51

Not voting · 2

Excused · 3

Sponsors

The member who introduced it.

From Georgia's official records (www.legis.ga.gov), checked Nov 2, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.